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RME Hammerfall DSP MADI

Studiomagazin 12/2003 "... the most innovative I/O solution at the moment ..."

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Overview

Connectivity

64 Input channels / 64 Output channels

1 x MADI I/O (optical and coaxial)

2 x MIDI I/O

Stereo Analog Out

Word Clock I/O

RME Remote

TotalMix

The Hammerfall DSP MADI is RMEs both inexpensive and outstanding PCI card with MADI interface.
Hammerfall DSP MADI is based on the award-winning Hammerfall DSP technology,
and represents the top model of this world-wide successful card line.

The PCI card consequently uses all advantages of the MADI format: MADI, the professionals' multi-Channel audio
interface,
offers 64 channels of 24-Bit audio at a sample rate of up to 48 kHz and 32 channels at up to 96 kHz.
Transmission is done via a single line, either coaxial with BNC plugs or with fiber cable.
In both cases more than 100 m cable length can be achieved.

HDSP MADI is fully compatible to all devices with MADI interface.
In combination with the ADI-648 an 8 x ADAT
optical PC interface is realized, unbeatable in price and performance.
With the ADI-6432 a bidirectional AES/EBU frontend
with 64 channels is available.

On a powerful PC/Mac two HDSP MADI can be used in a combination, providing 128 inputs and 128 outputs
on a single workstation simultaneously.

Features

Hammerfall DSP MADI offers full support for 56 and 64 channel modes and double and single wire technology
(96k frame) for 96 kHz. Full 64 channel support can also be found in the hardware mixer
TotalMix.
All 64 inputs and 64 playback channels can be routed and mixed to 64 physical outputs completely freely,
which translates to a 8192 channel mixer.
With that, Hammerfall DSP MADI offers the most powerful router/mixer ever implemented on a PCI card,
and allows much more than a usage as pure computer I/O unit:

MADI optical patchbay and router

MADI coaxial/optical or vice versa converter and splitter

MADI redistributor, patchbay and router

TotalMix can be completely remote controlled via MIDI. Furthermore,
the hardware delivers RMS and peak level meters for full control over 192 audio channels at minimal CPU load.

While most MADI-based devices require an additional word clock or AES line, the Hammerfall DSP MADI
(like the ADI-648)
uses
SteadyClock(TM) to extract the reference clock at lowest jitter directly from
the MADI signal, making long-distance connections even more convenient.

As usual with RME, Hammerfall DSP MADI offers further sensible features. For instance an analog 24-Bit/96kHz
line/headphone output with 110 dB dynamic range for direct control of all input and output signals.

For the first time, RME uses a configuration memory for the most important settings of the card. Instead of operating
in
a default mode on computer power-up until loading the driver, Hammerfall DSP MADI activates the last used sample rate,
master/slave configuration and MADI format immediately when switched on.
This eliminates disturbing noises and clock network problems during power-up or re-boot of the computer.

Settings Dialog

Just click on the hammer symbol in the systray of the taskbar and the
settings dialog of the HDSP MADI comes
up.
The clear structured, easy to understand window plus the unique informative status windows for input signal,
clock mode and sample rate make your work with Hammerfall DSP to a real pleasure.

SteadyClock(TM), RMEs unique sync and clock technology allows the HDSP MADI to control
the sample rate freely on its own.
The settings
dialog
includes a direct choice of the video and audio world's most often used sample rates.
Additionally,
two faders can
be used to set the sample rate freely and in real-time, within the
range
of +/- 4% and +/- 0.4%.

Up to 3 HDSP MADI and HDSPe AES can be used simultaneously. With this up to 192 inputs
and 192 outputs are available at 48 kHz, 96 inputs and 96 outputs at 96 kHz.